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How Smart Are You?

04-21-2008, 05:24 PM

So, my father in law keeps giving me a new "------" a day calender every year for Christmas, and I never even open the box. Right now I have "Fact or Crap" and the Mensa question of the day.
So now I am regifting them to you all at TG :D

What I am going to do is post some of the questions here and see who is the 1st to answer them correctly. Not sure how often I will have time to post, but if everyone here gets into it, I will make more time and will post more often, maybe even a few a day (if you all are smart enough).

If I can edit this 1st post, I will even keep a running score.

Lets see what you got.......................

We will start off easy with a true/false.
(of course, just like in school, you have to explain your answer, can't just say true or false)

#1. Miller Brewing Company was the first to use aluminum cans for beer.

Scoreboard

Acreo Aeneas +1
MagnaCentipede +2
War.mongeR1 +1
thegreatnardini +1

EDIT: I can't edit this post, so the current score will be found in my latest post!

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I'm not much of a fact collector, and tend to rely on research-on-demand (eg. Google, Wikipedia) for such things. Give me a problem to be solved, instead.

I map "smarts" onto a 2-axis grid: On one axis is what you know, from ignorant to wise. On the other axis is how well you learn, from stupid to intelligent. I like to think that I'm ignorant but fairly intelligent. ;)

Dude, seriously, WHAT handkerchief?

snooggums' density principal: "The more dense a population, the more dense a population."

Iliana: "You're a great friend but if we're ever chased by zombies I'm tripping you."

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I'm going to give you that one, but your reasoning is a tiny bit off.
+1 for MagnaCentipede
ANSWER: Lilies (Susan likes things that start with the same pair of letters twice.)

Wow, this is going fast. Going to have to make it a bit harder.

#3.
In each row, change the first letter of the two words to a different letter (the same letter for both) to form two new words. Write the new letter in the blank. These letters will form a word reading down.